Oct 10
Photo Friday – La Mezquita – Cordoba, Spain
by Chris Christensen Add commentscategories: europe, photography
Reputedly even his most catholic majesty the king of Spain admired the beauty of this mosque in Cordoba and regretted building a cathedral in the middle of the forest of columns of La Mezquita. The columns come from earlier pagan temples and Visigoth churches and have bases of different sizes to make the columns appear to be the same size.
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Chris Christensen is the host of the Amateur Traveler. Chris left his day job in January 2010 to focus on consulting, podcasting and blogging . He was the Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations for a company in Silicon Valley (LiveWorld) that runs online communities for companies like eBay, Marriott, American Express, Campbells, Kimberly Clark, A&E, and Mini Cooper.Leave a Reply
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